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Douglas Kent Weigle (born February 17, 1955) is an American former competitive
ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. With partner
Judi Genovesi Judi Ann Genovesi (married name: Adler 1984 to 2012; Whaling 2014 to present; born June 21, 1957 in Manchester, Connecticut) is an American ice dancer. With partner Kent Weigle, she is the 1977 U.S. national champion. They represented the Unite ...
, he is the 1977 U.S. national champion. They represented the
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where they placed 15th. Following his retirement from competitive skating, he became a coach. He works as a coach in the
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area.


Competitive highlights

(with Genovesi)


References

* *   American male ice dancers Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for the United States 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Bethesda, Maryland {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub